Leontyne Price is an American operatic soprano from Laurel, Mississippi, who began her professional career in the late 1940s and established herself in the opera and concert repertoire in the 1950s. She possessed a warm, lyric-dramatic timbre and concentrated on Italian and French operas, particularly Verdi and Puccini, and her career marked a significant cultural milestone as she was among the first African American singers to take leading roles at major international opera houses.
![Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils / Interlude and Final Scene and The Egyptian Helen (Excerpts) [Price]](https://cdn.raygum.com/hNDqaJfyVUKL.webp?width=372&format=webp)
